by all accounts
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It was, by all accounts, a chaotic, confusing, and awful scene—this kind of mass influx of people is not how any of this is supposed to work.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
It’s hard to know what a Burnham administration would mean for Britain since by all accounts he’s been on an ideological journey for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Broadway, top-heavy with musical parodies and attention-grabbing revivals, is having a strange season by all accounts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
The two-week truce is by all accounts fragile, and there is little evidence that the critical Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil typically passes, has reopened.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
The postmark on Miss Peregrine’s letter was fifteen years old, but by all accounts she’d been blown into the stratosphere back in 1940.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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